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Top Compliance & Regulatory firms
The firms with the deepest compliance & regulatory footprint, ranked 0–100 by the Sartori Firm Index.
Leading Compliance & Regulatory firms by Index
These are the law firms with the strongest public Compliance & Regulatory footprint, ranked by the Sartori Firm Index — a 0–100 measure of scale, reach and hiring built entirely from public data. The ranking reflects how large and active each firm's presence is, not the quality or prestige of its compliance & regulatory practice. Depth labels (“major”, “strong”, “present”) show how central compliance & regulatory is to each firm relative to its size. Headcount is the attorney footprint we map from public sources, shown as ranges. Explore the Compliance & Regulatory talent market →
| # | Firm | Index | Depth | Tier | Attorneys mapped | Top markets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Covington & Burling | 61.5 | strong | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Washington, New York, London… |
| 2 | Morrison & Foerster | 57.2 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | San Francisco, New York, Washington… |
| 3 | Littler Mendelson | 56.8 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Bogotá, San Francisco, Los Angeles… |
| 4 | Skadden | 56.4 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | New York, Washington, London… |
| 5 | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | 56.4 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | San Francisco, New York, Washington… |
| 6 | Kennedys | 54.6 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | London, New York, Manchester… |
| 7 | King & Wood | 54.5 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong… |
| 8 | Cooley | 53.8 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | San Francisco, Washington, New York… |
| 9 | Han Kun Law Offices | 51.5 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen… |
| 10 | Fisher Phillips | 51.4 | present | International | 500–1,000 | Los Angeles, Atlanta, San Diego… |
| 11 | Ogletree Deakins | 50.4 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco… |
| 12 | King & Spalding | 50.4 | present | Global | 1,500–2,500 | Atlanta, New York, Washington… |
| 13 | Jackson Lewis | 46.7 | present | National | 1,000–1,500 | New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco… |
| 14 | WilmerHale | 46.4 | present | International | 1,000–1,500 | Washington, Boston, New York… |
| 15 | Chiomenti Studio Legale | 46.3 | present | International | 250–500 | Milan, Rome, London… |
| 16 | Lowenstein Sandler | 45.9 | present | National | 250–500 | New York, San Francisco, Washington… |
| 17 | Nishimura & Asahi | 45.7 | present | Global | 1,000–1,500 | Tokyo, Bangkok, Singapore… |
| 18 | Hughes Hubbard & Reed | 44.1 | strong | International | 250–500 | New York, Washington, Paris… |
| 19 | Kelley Drye & Warren | 43.3 | strong | National | 250–500 | New York, Washington, Chicago… |
| 20 | Cipriani & Werner | 42.6 | strong | National | 250–500 | Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh… |
| 21 | Gunderson Dettmer | 42.1 | present | International | 250–500 | San Francisco, New York, Boston… |
| 22 | Maples Group | 41.7 | present | Global | 250–500 | George Town, Dublin, Hong Kong… |
| 23 | Cahill Gordon & Reindel | 41.5 | present | International | 250–500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 24 | Jenner & Block | 41.2 | strong | International | 500–1,000 | Chicago, Washington, New York… |
| 25 | Steptoe | 41 | strong | Global | 500–1,000 | Washington, New York, Los Angeles… |
| 26 | Epstein Becker & Green | 41 | present | National | 250–500 | New York, Washington, Newark… |
| 27 | Brown Rudnick | 40.2 | present | International | 250–500 | New York, Boston, London… |
| 28 | BonelliErede | 40.1 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | Milan, Rome, Genoa… |
| 29 | Hengeler Mueller | 40.1 | strong | International | 500–1,000 | Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Berlin… |
| 30 | Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu | 40.1 | present | Global | 500–1,000 | Tokyo, Singapore, Bangkok… |
| 31 | Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner | 39.9 | present | Global | 250–500 | Washington, Boston, London… |
| 32 | Gleiss Lutz | 39.2 | present | International | 250–500 | Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Munich… |
| 33 | Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enríquez | 39.2 | present | International | 100–250 | Mexico City, Madrid, Monterrey |
| 34 | Boies Schiller Flexner | 39 | present | International | 250–500 | New York, Miami, Washington… |
| 35 | Greenspoon Marder | 38.7 | present | National | 100–250 | Miami, New York, Los Angeles… |
| 36 | Walker Morris | 38.5 | present | National | 250–500 | Leeds |
| 37 | Foster Garvey | 37.5 | present | National | 100–250 | Seattle, Portland, New York… |
| 38 | Kobre & Kim | 37.4 | present | Global | 250–500 | New York, London, Washington… |
| 39 | Cravath Swaine & Moore | 37.3 | present | International | 100–250 | New York, London, Washington |
| 40 | McDonald Hopkins | 37.3 | strong | National | 100–250 | Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit… |
| 41 | Fenwick & West | 37.3 | present | National | 500–1,000 | San Francisco, New York, Seattle… |
| 42 | Wiley | 37.2 | present | National | 250–500 | Washington |
| 43 | Lewis Silkin | 37 | present | International | 500–1,000 | London, Belfast, Cardiff… |
| 44 | Constangy Brooks Smith | 36.2 | strong | National | 250–500 | Los Angeles, Atlanta, Philadelphia… |
| 45 | De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek | 35.5 | present | International | 250–500 | Amsterdam, Brussels |
| 46 | Capital Law | 33.5 | present | National | 100–250 | Cardiff, London, Bristol |
| 47 | Fish & Richardson | 33.1 | present | International | 250–500 | Washington, Boston, Minneapolis… |
| 48 | McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce | 32.9 | present | National | 100–250 | Atlanta, New York, Chicago… |
| 49 | Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa | 32.8 | present | International | 100–250 | Monterrey, Madrid, Houston |
| 50 | Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson | 31.7 | present | National | 100–250 | Dallas, Houston, Austin… |
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How are the top Compliance & Regulatory firms ranked?
Firms are ordered by the Sartori Firm Index — a 0–100 score built from public signals (scale, geographic and practice reach, live hiring). This page lists firms for whom compliance & regulatory is a leading practice. The Index measures public footprint and momentum, not the quality of any firm's compliance & regulatory work.
What does the depth label mean?
“Major”, “strong” and “present” describe how large a share of the firm's mapped attorneys work in compliance & regulatory, relative to the firm's overall size — a footprint signal, not a quality judgement.
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